Legal Question in Family Law in Illinois

marital property/ support

for 15+ yrs my husband was an

alcoholic, held jobs on and off. if he

left a job or was let go and got sev.

thousand $ from a retirement

savings i never saw any of that. he

would sell annuities and i would have

to pay taxes on that income. i have

provided health insurance with my

job always as i was not confident he

would keep a job long enough. ~ 2

yrs ago he was found to have

inoperable lung cancer and spent 4

mos in the hosp. i was told he

wouldn't make its, but he is now

doing well and on soc sec disability.

He should get medicare this yr. i

have the only retirement accts from

my jobs. if i divorce him would i

have to give him half the house, half

the retirement and provide support.

we have been married about 27 yrs.

there are so many times hse has

been verbally abusive and we are

living in the same house and i

haven't talked dto him for a month.

He has said to me that if we would

think about separating he would

''take me for all i have'' he is very

vengeful and angry i don't know who

i can talk to about this. his sisters

family has some money and i don't

know if they would pay for him to

get a lawyer that could do that.

please help


Asked on 3/25/07, 12:24 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Joseph Michelotti Michelotti & Associates, Ltd.

Re: marital property/ support

this is a very serious problem.

Illinois law does not support you well. He would be entitled to large portion of the marital assets, as well as your pension. He might even be entitled to support from your current income.

You need to have your situation evaluated by a local attorney immediately

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Answered on 3/25/07, 4:03 pm


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